![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Uniform</span> Similar clothing worn by a group of people](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/The_Canadian_Militia%2C_1898.jpg/320px-The_Canadian_Militia%2C_1898.jpg)
A uniform is a variety of costume worn by members of an organization while participating in that organization's activity. Modern uniforms are most often worn by armed forces and paramilitary organizations such as police, emergency services, security guards, in some workplaces and schools and by inmates in prisons.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mess dress uniform</span> Formal evening dress worn by military personnel](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Messkit1.jpg/320px-Messkit1.jpg)
Mess dress uniform is the most formal type of evening-wear uniform used by military personnel, police personnel, and other uniformed services members. It frequently consists of a mess jacket, trousers, white dress shirt and a black bow tie, along with orders and medals insignia. Design may depend on regiment or service branch, e.g. army, navy, air force, marines, etc. In modern Western dress codes, mess dress uniform is the supplementary alternative equivalent to the civilian black tie for evening wear. Mess dress uniforms are typically less formal than full dress uniform, but more formal than service dress uniform.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rhode Island State Police</span>](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ec/Rhode_Island_State_Police.jpg)
The Rhode Island State Police (RISP) is an agency of the US state of Rhode Island responsible for statewide law enforcement and regulation, especially in areas underserved by local police agencies and on the state's limited-access highways. Its headquarters is in North Scituate.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pennsylvania State Police</span> Statewide law enforcement agency of Pennsylvania](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/97/Pennsylvania_State_Police.png)
The Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) is the state police agency of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, responsible for statewide law enforcement. The Pennsylvania State Police is a full service law enforcement agency which handles both traffic and criminal law enforcement. The Pennsylvania State Police was founded in 1905 by order of Governor Samuel Pennypacker, by signing Senate Bill 278 on May 2, 1905. The bill was signed in response to the Great Anthracite Strike of 1902. Leading up to the Anthracite Strike, private police forces were used by mine and mill owners to stop worker strikes. The inability or refusal of local police or sheriffs' offices to enforce the law, directly influenced the signing of Bill 278. The Anthracite Strike lasted from May 15 to October 23, 1902, and ended with the help of Theodore Roosevelt, the sitting president at the time.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Campaign hat</span> Broad-brimmed felt or straw hat, with a high crown, pinched symmetrically at the four corners](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Hat%2C_lemon_squeezer_%28AM_2013.20.1.3-2%29.jpg/320px-Hat%2C_lemon_squeezer_%28AM_2013.20.1.3-2%29.jpg)
A campaign hat, sometimes called campaign cover, is a broad-brimmed felt or straw hat, with a high crown, pinched symmetrically at the four corners. The campaign hat is occasionally referred to as a Stetson, derived from its origin in the company's Boss of the Plains model in the late 19th century.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Peaked cap</span> Form of uniform headgear with a short visor, crown, band, and insignia](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/US_Navy_091007-N-8273J-012_Hats_from_representatives_of_more_than_100_nations_attending_the_19th_Biennial_International_Sea_Power_Symposium_in_Newport%2C_R.I._are_on_a_table_near_the_auditorium.jpg/320px-thumbnail.jpg)
A peaked cap, peaked hat, service cap, barracks cover, or combination cap is a form of headgear worn by the armed forces of many nations, as well as many uniformed civilian organisations such as law enforcement agencies and fire departments. It derives its name from its short visor, or peak, which was historically made of polished leather but increasingly is made of a cheaper synthetic substitute.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">New Jersey State Police</span> State law enforcement agency of New Jersey](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/35/Patch_of_the_New_Jersey_State_Police.png)
The New Jersey State Police (NJSP) is the official state police force of the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is a general-powers police agency with statewide jurisdiction, designated by troop sectors.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Uniforms of the United States Navy</span> Clothes worn by members of the United States Navy](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Howard_Chandler_Christy_-_Gee_I_wish_I_were_a_Man%2C_I%27d_Join_the_Navy_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/320px-Howard_Chandler_Christy_-_Gee_I_wish_I_were_a_Man%2C_I%27d_Join_the_Navy_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg)
The uniforms of the United States Navy include dress uniforms, daily service uniforms, working uniforms, and uniforms for special situations, which have varied throughout the history of the navy. For simplicity in this article, officers refers to both commissioned officers and warrant officers.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Delaware State Police</span> Police force of Delaware, U.S.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bc/Delaware_State_Police.png)
The Delaware State Police (DSP) is a division of the Delaware Department of Public Safety and Homeland Security and is responsible for traffic regulation and law enforcement across the state of Delaware, especially in areas underserved by local police departments. The DSP is headquartered in the capital Dover, Delaware.
The uniforms of the Canadian Armed Forces are the official dress worn by members of Canada's military while on duty.
This page details the uniforms and insignia of the Israel Defense Forces, excluding rank insignia. For ranks, see Israel Defense Forces ranks and insignia.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fort Worth Police Department</span>](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4b/FWPD_Patch.jpg)
The Fort Worth Police Department (FWPD) is the police department of Fort Worth, Texas, United States. Neil Noakes is the Chief of Police.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Service dress uniform</span> Informal type of uniform used by military](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/151013-D-VO565-006_Air_Chief_Marshal_Mark_Binskin%2C_Australian_Chief_of_the_Defense%2C_U.S._Marine_Gen._Joseph_F._Dunford_Jr.%2C_chairman_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff%2C_and_U.S._Navy_Adm._Harry_Harris.jpg/320px-thumbnail.jpg)
Service dress uniform is the informal type of uniform used by military, police, fire and other public uniformed services for everyday office, barracks and non-field duty purposes and sometimes for ceremonial occasions. It frequently consists of a jacket, trousers, dress shirt, and neck tie, along with orders, medals, and insignia. Design may depend on regiment or service branch, e.g. army, navy, air force, marines, etc. In Western dress codes, a service dress uniform is a permitted supplementary alternative equivalent to the civilian suit - sometimes collectively called undress or "dress clothes". As such, a service dress uniform is considered less formal than both full dress and mess dress uniforms, but more formal than combat uniforms.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Uniforms of the United States Marine Corps</span> US military uniform](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/USMC_uniforms.jpg/320px-USMC_uniforms.jpg)
The United States Marine Corps (USMC) prescribes several types of military uniform to distinguish its service members from other armed services, depending on the situation.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Texas Highway Patrol</span> U.S. state law enforcement agency](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/38/Texas_Highway_Patrol_crest.png)
The Texas Highway Patrol is a division of the Texas Department of Public Safety and is the largest state-level law enforcement agency in the U.S. state of Texas. The patrol's primary duties are enforcement of state traffic laws and commercial vehicle regulation, but it is a fully empowered police agency with authority to enforce criminal law anywhere in the state. Highway patrol troopers are also responsible for patrolling the state Capitol Complex in Austin and providing security to the governor. The current Chief is Lieutenant Colonel Dwight Mathis.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Uniforms of the Royal Air Force</span> Standardised military dress](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/RAF_Flight_Sgt.jpg/320px-RAF_Flight_Sgt.jpg)
The Royal Air Force uniform is the standardised military dress worn by members of the Royal Air Force. The predominant colours of Royal Air Force uniforms are blue-grey and Wedgwood blue. Many Commonwealth air forces' uniforms are also based on the RAF pattern, but with nationality shoulder flashes. The Royal Air Force Air Cadets wear similar uniforms.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sillitoe tartan</span> Black (or other) and white chequered pattern, associated with policing](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Sillitoe_Tartan_black_and_white.svg/320px-Sillitoe_Tartan_black_and_white.svg.png)
Sillitoe tartan is the nickname given to the distinctive checkered pattern, usually black-and-white, which was originally associated with the police in Scotland. It later gained widespread use in the rest of the United Kingdom and overseas, notably in Australia and New Zealand, as well as Chicago and Pittsburgh in the United States. It is used occasionally elsewhere, including by some Spanish municipal police and in parts of Canada, where it is limited to auxiliary police services.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Uniforms of the Singapore Police Force</span> Police force uniforms](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/SPF_uniform_khaki.jpg/320px-SPF_uniform_khaki.jpg)
The Singapore Police Force has employed several different styles of uniforms throughout its history. Since 1969 it has used dark blue for its uniforms, although the first police uniforms introduced in 1856 were also in the same colour.
The military uniforms of the Union Army in the American Civil War were widely varied and, due to limitations on supply of wool and other materials, based on availability and cost of materials. The ideal uniform was prescribed as a dark blue coat with lighter pants, with a black hat. Officer's ranks were denoted with increasing levels of golden decoration. Specific jobs, companies, and units had markedly different styles at times, often following European customs such as that of the Zouaves. Officers uniforms tended to be highly customized and would stray from Army standard. Ironically, several main pieces of gear had been created by order of the U.S. War Secretary Jefferson Davis before the war; he later became Confederate President.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Department of the Army Civilian Police</span>](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/US_Department_of_the_Army_Police-Guard_Badge.png/320px-US_Department_of_the_Army_Police-Guard_Badge.png)
The Department of the Army Civilian Police (DACP) are the civilian federal law enforcement bodies of the Department of the Army of the United States of America. There is no centralized DACP agency, with all civilian law enforcement agencies of the Army falling under the “DACP” title. The DACP are controlled jointly by the Department of the Army and the Department of Defense and as such, they are commonly referred to as DoD Police.